maiden

Etymology
From, , from , originally a diminutive of via diminutive suffix , from , from. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  A girl or an unmarried young woman.
 * 2)  A female virgin.
 * 3)  A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
 * 4) A maidservant.
 * 5) A clothes maiden.
 * 6)  An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
 * 7)  A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
 * 8)  A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
 * 9)  A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
 * 10)  A maiden over.
 * 11)  A machine for washing linen.
 * 1)  A maiden over.
 * 2)  A machine for washing linen.
 * 1)  A machine for washing linen.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: па́нна, дзяўчы́на, дзе́ва
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian:, , , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: maghteth
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: jomfru
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀, 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:, moza
 * Georgian:, ქალწული
 * German: virgin, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃, 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍉
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κόρη
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: laga
 * Hindi: युवती,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: maighdean ainnir, bruinneall, bé
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Macedonian: де́војка, мо́минско
 * Malay:
 * Maori: kōhine
 * Navajo: chʼikę́ę́h
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: дѣва, дѣвица
 * Glagolitic: ⰴⱑⰲⰰ, ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ
 * Old Czech: dievka
 * Old East Slavic: дѣва, дѣвица, дивица
 * Old English: mǣġþ, mǣġden, mǣġdenċild
 * Old Occitan: donzella
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ainnir, , , òigh,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дѐво̄јка, дјѐво̄јка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:, deva,
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dalaga
 * Taos: kwə́lena
 * Tetum: feto-raan
 * Ukrainian: ді́ва,, па́нна
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:, rhiain, ,
 * Yiddish: מויד, מיידל


 * Afrikaans: maagd
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian: կույս
 * Azerbaijani: bakirə
 * Belarusian: няві́нніца
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: maghteth
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀, 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ქალწული,, უმანკო, უბიწო
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παρθένος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कुँआरी, कुंवारी
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: maighdean
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: jaunava
 * Lithuanian: mergelė
 * Macedonian:
 * Navajo: chʼikę́ę́h
 * Ngazidja Comorian: mwana mwari
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, òigh, ainnir
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дѐвица, дјѐвица
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: неза́ймана, ді́ва
 * Vietnamese: gái trinh,
 * Yiddish: בתולה


 * Interlingua:
 * Italian: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, , ,
 * Roman:, , , ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:, , , ,

Adjective

 * 1) Virgin.
 * 2)  Without offspring.
 * 3) Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
 * 4)  Being a first occurrence or event.
 * 5)  Being an over in which no runs are scored.
 * 6) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
 * 7)  Never having been captured or violated.
 * 8)  Grown from seed and never pruned.
 * 1)  Being an over in which no runs are scored.
 * 2) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
 * 3)  Never having been captured or violated.
 * 4)  Grown from seed and never pruned.
 * 1)  Never having been captured or violated.
 * 2)  Grown from seed and never pruned.
 * 1)  Never having been captured or violated.
 * 2)  Grown from seed and never pruned.
 * 1)  Grown from seed and never pruned.
 * 1)  Grown from seed and never pruned.

Translations

 * Dutch:


 * Bulgarian: девически
 * Yiddish: מיידליש


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Interlingua: ,

Alternative forms

 * maidin, madin

Etymology
From, ; compare 🇨🇬. Attested in Older Scots from the 12th century.

Noun

 * , a girl, an unmarried young woman
 * 1)  (something) early, immature, first
 * 2)  a servant girl, a maid
 * 3)  the last sheaf of grain harvested, decorated with ribbons and regarded as a talisman;  the end of the harvest
 * 4)   an instrument similar to a guillotine used for capital punishment
 * 5)   the eldest daughter of a landowner or wealthy farmer
 * 1)   an instrument similar to a guillotine used for capital punishment
 * 2)   the eldest daughter of a landowner or wealthy farmer
 * 1)   the eldest daughter of a landowner or wealthy farmer
 * 1)   the eldest daughter of a landowner or wealthy farmer

Verb

 * 1)  to act as maiden cummer (mother's assistant) at a christening